Distillation-Managing Challenges, Optimizing Outcomes - electronic book

Distillation remains a cornerstone unit operation in chemical process plants. Designing, specifying, operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and revamping columns are all critical to achieving safe, efficient, and cost-effective plant operations.

This guidebook contains a diverse collection of engineering articles covering distillation column optimization, revamps, and related auxiliary systems such as reboilers, condensers, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, and instrumentation. Process simulation and other modern tools are highlighted as effective approaches for operational improvement.

Features & Benefits

• Practical guidance on distillation column design, operation, and revamps
• Insights into auxiliary equipment including reboilers, condensers, pumps, valves, and instrumentation
• Process simulation applications to improve column performance and energy efficiency
• Tips for troubleshooting, startup, and preventive maintenance of distillation systems
• Energy management strategies for reducing operational costs
• Enhanced understanding of corrosion mitigation, tray performance, and vapor recompression techniques

Audience

• Process and chemical engineers
• Plant operations and maintenance managers
• Distillation specialists and consultants
• Energy efficiency and process optimization engineers
• Project engineers involved in revamps and retrofits

Articles Include

• Column Revamps: From Outside to Inside
• Better Chemistry By Design
• Thermal Integration of Reboilers
• Revamping Your Process Plant
• Absorber Optimization: Employing Process Simulation Software
• Distillation Column Thermal Optimization: Employing Simulation Software
• Mega Columns, Mega Issues
• New Horizons For Dividing Wall Columns
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Random Tower Packing
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Distillation Tray Design
• Plant Revamps and Turnarounds: Some Lessons Learned
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Distillation Column Modeling
• Achieving Excellence in Energy Efficiency
• Project Optimization Through Engineering
• Dry Tray Pressure Drop of Sieve Trays
• Distillation: Avoid Problems During Tower Startup
• Fine Tune the Design of Sour-Water Strippers Using Rate-based Simulation
• Mitigate Corrosion in Condensate-Return Systems
• Distillation Optimization By Vapor Recompression
• Determining Packing Height With Accuracy
• A Window into Kettle Reboiler Secrets
• The Science of Droplets
• Reboiler Circuits for Trayed Columns